1. Indeed, concerning the service to the set-apart ones, it is unnecessary for me to write to you;
2. for I know your eagerness, about which I boast of you to the Makedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago. And your ardour has stirred up most of them.
3. But I sent the brothers, lest our boasting on behalf of you should be made empty in this part, in order that, as I said, you were ready,